Intel S5000PAL with RAID problems

[Lanny Baron]

Hi Claude,

Perhaps you should have called us first and we would have saved you a 
BIG headache. The onboard RAID is only supported for Red Hat and Windows 
and perhaps a couple of other name brand Linux distros.
Regards,
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Lanny Baron
Freedom Technologies Corporation
Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900
High Performance Servers and RAID Storage Systems

http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM
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Claude Khalil wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have seeked help from the newsgroup but since this is a real hardware 
> problem, I hope that you can assist...
> 
> We have purchased an Intel server (board + chassis)
> SR1500ALSAS  (the board is S5000PAL)
> http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5000pal/sb/CS-022639.htm
> 
> The Intel RAID controller was configured from the vendor for 2 SATA HD 
> in RAID1. But FreeBSD 6.2 do not see the logical drive but both HD...
> 
> Intel support RedHat and Suse... I am NOT looking for a complete 
> solution with OS/RAID communication but a basic RAID mirror on both 
> disks. I can manage lack of disk status.
> 
> Hoping for a driver support in 6.3 seems like a nightmare. Is there a 
> way? What do you suggest? It seems I have a useless server or that I 
> will have to settle for a software mirror...
> 
> Thank you for your help!
> -- 
> Claude
> 
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